Category Archives: Continuing Education Classes

In order to maintain my licensure for massage in Kentucky I am required to take at least 24 hours of continuing education classes every two years. This insures that I am continually learning theory and techniques to grow my skills.

This weekend I took a class called Anatomy Trains. Anatomy Trains are a way of looking at the continuous connections between muscles, bones, and even organs that allow forces to be distributed through the body for efficient movement, posture and stability.

Much of the connection and distribution of force relies on connective tissue. Every organ, bone, nerve, blood vessel, and muscle is covered with a matrix of connective tissue fibers. Muscles are completely inundated with these fibers separating muscle bellies, groups of muscle cells within the bellies, and even individual fibers. This tissue becomes tendons that attach muscles to bone flowing then into the fibrous tissue that covers the bone itself. It is completely continuous throughout the body forming a three dimensional web of fluid-filled support giving us form and allowing our organs and muscles to move with and around each other.

Welcome to Ali Blair Massage Therapy

I have 16 years experience in therapeutic and relaxation massage and 13 years experience teaching about the human body and its diseases and injuries. I specialize in relieving chronic pain and managing stress.

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“I have come to appreciate the way Ali listens to the body. We conference before the session but it is almost not needed as areas I didn’t know were bothering me are found and addressed. Also I appreciate the evolution of finding what works best for my body. Recently we lowered the table and have gotten deeper in the massage. This has been excellent!” ~James